Mark Cuban says Bud Selig has held MLB back 'years, if not decades'

MLB commissioner Bud Selig, who’s held the position since 1988, announced last September that he’ll be stepping down in January 2015, at which time he’ll be replaced by Rob Manfred.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban couldn’t be more relieved. It’s no secret that Cuban isn’t Selig’s biggest fan. Especially considering the fact that Cuban said that he thinks Selig runs the league like a dictator not too long ago.

“I pick on Bud Selig because he deserves to be picked on. I don’t think they have a clue how to market,” said Cuban, according to Shariff. “Nobody recognizes any of [MLB’s] players anymore. You’ve got to build them into stars and make them recognizable.”

When asked what needed to change about the league, Cuban replied that the game’s “gotta be fun.”

“Fun,” as in not agonizingly long, most likely. The average game has gone from a little over two and a half hours in 2003 to over three hours this season. Selig himself has admitted that he’s aggravated by the pace of the game, but he’s done absolutely nothing to reverse that trend.

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